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How long does it take you to do a stripping run and then a spirit run with a pot still. I do a 5 gallon mash in a pot still with 3000 watts to heat and then reduce to 1000 watts or so through a 3/8" worm. It takes about 2-1/2 hours for the stripping run. I'll combine about 3 gallons of low wine...

I normally due a stripping then a spirit run in my pot still with a 5 gallon sugar mash.

Do most folks just do one run on their pot still or do most do 2 or 3 distillations?

Jim

Thank you for the responses. How long should I soak it. It's been 4 days and there is a god brown color?

Jim

I'm running my pot still slow, a sugar wash, I couldn't find scraps of white oak so I ended up with Red Oak. I'm going to char the oak and seal it in a container with my distilliate (avg 100 proof), anout 1 gallon.

To try to get a mild flavor how long should I seal it?

Will it be worth it?

Once in a while after I do a first distillation on my sugar wash, I will get a blueish green floaty stuff in it when it sits for a few weeks. I run the pot stll flat out on the first run and thoroughly clean it afterward. It is stored in glass containers. I filter this out and redistill and it taste...

I'm using a 20 quart pot with a 3/8" tube in shell condenser cooled by a water cooler (similiar to those at schools and office buildings). I pump water from a 5 gallon bucket into a water cooler then out to my condenser and back into my bucket. I circulate about 3 gallons of water. I set the th...

Goose Eye, Husker and Tater, Thanks, I've been doing sugar washes and anm now just stepping into UjSM. I've always done stripping runs on the sugar mash then redistilled to make it more neutral and was wondering if double distilling the UJSM would strip the flavor. I was going to single distill the ...

On my first distill I came out at 65% (130 proof) using a parrot, is this about right?

I'm making UJSM. When using a pot still, do you normally single or double distill the mash?

This mix was a combination of parts of several recipes. I ended up with a final sg of 1.088, total volume was a little over 3 gallons. In this forum I found that an ideal ph was about 4.8. It took 4.5 tsp of citric acid to get a ph of 5.1 (using an electronic ph meter). I rehydrated the yeast per La...

I've read and read, converted from kg to lbs, g to oz etc.................... I've settled on the following small batch for a pot still.............. 6 lbs sugar ($3.00 US) 3 gallons filter H2O 1tsp citric acid (pennies) 1 5g pkg Lalvin EC-1118 ($1.00) 1 tsp/gal Yeast neitrient ($0.40) Invert sugar ...

THM, I think you hit the nail on the head. I did another stripping run on a new batch with my pot. I ran the still hard and fast. Then I did a spirit run slow and gentle and watched the ABV output. I was running about 75-80%ABV. One it started to drop I stopped collecting heads, kicked up the heat a...

The reason for trying the carbon is, I'm using a pot still, did a stripping run on several sugar based batches, combined for a spirit run.

Smells great, tastes great, just turns a little cloudy after I dilute it to 40%.

I've been reading the book on activated carbon and they talk about filling a tube with carbon and passing the distillate through it.

Can you also fill a glass jar with with 40-50% ABV and adding boiled carbon to the jar and let it sit a week?

Jim

That tube-in-tube condenser is a beautiful work of are. No insults intended, but, did you buy it or build it?

I've seen these in Liebert A/C units, all copper.

OK, condemn or teach me.................A small brass fitting..............what is the problem. In your house you bathroom and kitchen faucets are brass (even though they are chrome or other on the outside). The hot water fittings, shut off valve, angle valves etc, all brass. Is the problem due to t...

You have to ask yourself......................is mine safe to drink!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know what goes into it-------------sugar, water, yeast, yeast nutrient and citric acid, what is in there that makes it deadly? If you get the foreshots and double distill the rest and don't drink it without diluting i...

Thanks, I'll try that next time, Jim

Thanks for the responses. Yes, I was think about cabon filtering but I only got the cloudyness after I added filtered water to dilute the brew to 40%. Before I added the water the high proof distillate was crystal clear.

I made a simple sugar wash and ran the pot still up to temperature (~180 deg). Threw away the first 200 ml as forshots and collected the rest until the temperature came up to about 208 degrees. Washed the still and filled it with filtered water to about 1" above the element and added the distil...

Using the double coil as shown here-- http://homedistiller.org/wiki/index.php/Image:19_ ... oil-1-.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow --where do you vent the pressure if the top of the column is capped?

I know plastic is TABOO---but can you refill old plastic whiskey and vodka bottles after diluting your distillate?

The wash was a sugar, tomato paste, and bakers yeast. The wash was about 8% and about 60% after distilled. The smell may just be the etoh. It isn't an unpleasant odor, and tastes good.

I'm trying my first batch, pot still, sugar mash with tomato paste. When I distilled it I threw out the first 100 ml and collected about 1/2 gallon from 4 gallons of mash. The color is crystal clear, nothing floating, 70+% at the beginning of the collection 60+% by the end. There is a slight odor. I...

I pot distilled my first 'true' batch yesterday (I distilled a batch last week to clean and test my still). The distillate had no detectable odor and about 60% alcohol so I figure my cuts must have been good. I rubbed a little between the cheek and gums..................................WOW, fire!!!!...

I'm using the following recipe : This is a very easy wash I use 10lbs of sugar 16oz of wheat germ 1 tsp of citric acid I put all of that in a 5 gallon pot fill it close to the top with water and let it boil for about 1 and 1/2 hours then pour it in my 6 and 1/2 gallon fermenter top it off to 6 gallo...

tater wrote:Kinda looks like we got a kid playing distiller.Troll maybe

Tater, thanks for the insult, I'm not a kid, just a newbie trying to learn.

Why when people ask seemingly dumb questions do they receive criticism instead of help? A little ribbing I can understand.

Everyone has to start sometime.

Jim

Incompatabeable equipment = the hydrometer I used was HUGE (~18" tall) and to get a vessel and sample was just difficult.

I didn't get a good SG reading in the beginning, incompatable equipment. I since spent $$$ and purchased all the necessary scientific equipment.

Sorry, I forgot to say that I dumped the wine and am using a sugar wash (BOKAOB's recipe), I have the discharge at 200 degrees and am getting a good flow, 2-3 drops per second. I know I'm doing something wrong since it is only 40%. I going to get what I can get and add it the remaining fermentation ...